diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bbf2f2b..2db0055 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,16 +10,20 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
 	dh_fixperms
 	mkdir -p debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/data
 	mkdir -p debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/updater
+
 	find debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0640
 	find debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0750
-	chmod 0644 debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess
-	chown -R root:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud
+
+	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/apps
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/config
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/data
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/themes
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/updater
-	chown root:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess
+	
+	chmod 0644 debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess
+	chown www-data:www-data debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess
+	
 	chmod +x debian/nextcloud-server/var/www/nextcloud/occ
 	chmod +x debian/apache/occ